- the atlantic opened up its archives - they used to be behind a paywall, but no longer! so, read this essay by frederick douglass about reconstruction. you know, to celebrate.
- this article from the guardian discusses how record companies were never in it for the artists.
- as dumb as this is it's also kind of funny.
UPDATE: alright, so that guardian article kind of sucked - it's a bit rambling and hard to follow (should be no problem for those of you who read elscorcho! (ha ha!)) but i will make it up to you. right now. with this live remix of the karate kid. that conjunction of words may make no sense to you, but my god, watch the thing.